7 Herbal Ingredients To Wash Your Hair Without A Shampoo

Washing hair without shampoo - sounds like an alien concept, right? However, our grandmother and great grandmothers before that used herbal ingredients to wash their hair, and they did just fine. In fact, their hair was much more healthier, darker and heavier!

Shampoo came only after 1930, before that humans had no option but to rely on natural alternatives to keep their scalp clean. So, technically, it is POSSIBLE to lead a life without shampoos.

Beautiful hair does not mean getting latest streaks, chopping off huge chunks of your hair, or for hours burning your hair strands under styling tools to give the "impression" of volume!

Beautiful hair is the natural shine without serum, volume that comes without blow drying and thickness due to good health, even if it means dealing with greasy scalp at times, nipping off split ends at others.

No hair is perfect, but with little work, we can definitely make it healthy!

How It Works:
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
Wet your hair and massage the mixture, until you feel the lather forming.
Rinse and pat dry.
Tweak the ingredients of this Ayurvedic alternative to a shampoo, as per the thickness of your hair.

Marshmellow Roots + Licorice Root + Oats
Marshmellow roots work like a conditioner to soften and smoothen the hair, licorice roots stimulate growth and oats help kill the dandruff-causing bacteria.

How It Works:
Mix all the ingredients into a smooth paste using water.
Wet you hair, and massage the paste through your hair and scalp.
Let the herbal ingredients to wash hair stay for 15 minutes.
Rinse thoroughly and pat dry.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is mildly acidic in nature, which cleanses the scalp of oil, seals the hair cuticles and restores its pH balance.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar
1 cup of water

How It Works:
Dilute vinegar in a cup of water.
Use the solution to rinse your hair.
Let the herbal ingredients to wash hair stay for 10 minutes and then rinse it with cold water.

Note: This is more like a hair spray to instantly volumize the hair, so go easy on the amount you use.

Clay
Clay tends to be full of minerals, which cleanse the scalp off excess oil, nourish hair strands and stimulate blood flow.